Part: Two- Ice
Chapter: Three- Argument
Author: Fritters-4-Psi
Disclaimer: I do not own the show Avatar: The Last Air Bender or the related characters. Nor do I profit from this fanfiction. The only things of my creation in this fanfiction are the other merchant, and the Ice Phantom.
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The trio payed for a small dinner. It was, definitely, one of the better meals they had in a while. They avoided talking about what was on all their minds; who tried to kill Aang. It seemed like that girl, the Ice Phantom, was as good a person to talk to as any. Even if she wasn't the one who tried to kill Aang, she might know who did.
When they finished their meal, they all went to the room that Sokka and Aang were sharing. There, they could talk without worrying about others overhearing. Momo, who had stayed in the room, looked at them expectantly for some food. Aang pulled out a small loaf of bread for his pet. "Tomorrow we'll go and find that Ice Phantom," Sokka stated plainly.
"Sokka, that sounds like a good plan and all, but you saw what happened earlier," Katara interjected, "She could have caused Aang to drown. I don't think it's that great an idea to march into a place we don't know where we think there's danger. We should just go on our way."
A disgusted look crossed the warrior's face. He almost couldn't believe what he was hearing. "Yeah, we could leave. And do what?" he asked snidely, "Let whoever is trying to kill Aang follow us? We have a hard enough time trying to elude that hot head Prince without someone else following us."
In silence, the Avatar watched the two siblings argue. Both had good points. They were missing the big picture, though. The Ice Phantom, if she really was trying to kill him, why would she? She was a Water Bender. It didn't make any sense for a Water Bender to try and kill the Avatar. There was probably something seriously wrong. "We'll go see her," Aang decided their route, ending the argument, "Besides, we don't know if it was the Ice Phantom who was trying to ki . . . Trying to keep the water frozen."
Katara's face showed a look of worry. This was a bad idea and she knew it. From what the merchants had said, the Ice Phantom seemed like a bitter, slightly mental, but powerful Bender. She was clearly a master of Water Bending, like herself. Going to see the Ice Phantom could prove to be dangerous, possibly even deadly. Aang always tried to believe the best in people and that sometimes left him blinded to the truth. He might not realize what could happen if this girl had sided with the Fire Nation. It could get him onto very bad trouble. Katara would have liked to stay behind, but she knew that Aang and her brother might need her help. She rued the next day and just wanted to have this finished with. "We're going to see her tomorrow, right?" she asked, and received nods, "Seeing how you're both so anxious to go, why wait until then? Let's go now."
The other two looked at each other in surprise at Katara's change of heart. Sokka shrugged and was the first to speak, "Yeah, great idea, except two things. First, it's dark. Second, it's raining. If this girl is a Water Bender, and trying to kill Aang, then why allow her to be surrounded by her element on a night when the moon is out?"
Sokka showed a slight wince at his own mention of the moon. It was not that he had anything against the moon, that wasn't the case. While in the Northern Water Tribe, Sokka had fallen in love with a princess. Princess Yue had given her life to save the Moon Spirit. Whenever Sokka looked at the moon, his heart ached. It had been near two months since her death, and he still mourned for her. "I think it's best if we wait until morning," he added.
Aang, who had remained silent for almost this whole discussion, finally decided to speak up again. "You're forgetting, though, Sokka. Katara is a Water Bender and I'm the Avatar. So far I've mastered Air and Water. The moon would be helping us, too. That would be two Water Benders against one," Aang stated, "And then there's you, as well, even though you're not a Water Bender. That would be three against one. We would have an advantage."
Sokka murmured something inaudible, then agreed that they should go now. There was one problem, though. None of them knew where this village was. Together, they went down to the common room to see if anyone was down there. The cabbage merchant from earlier was down there having a drink of an unidentified liquid. The three walked up to him. "Earlier you were talking to someone else. We came in and interrupted your conversation," Aang explained, "During that time you mentioned someone called the Ice Phantom. We were wondering where to find the ruins of that village."
The cabbage merchant looked startled at the request. He couldn't imagine that anyone would want to go off looking for that girl. He told the trio that the village was on the other side of the river, roughly three miles northward. There was a path, but since the village burned down five months ago, no one they new of traveled it. There was a good chance that it could have become overgrown by brush. They thanked the merchant and left.
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Reviews
2, Half-elf: That's kinda funny that you looked into my own story than I did. I have to agree, though, it does turn out to be mysterious.
2, Gmasangel: Thank you! I'm so glad that I got another reviewer!